updated; updating; updates
: to bring up to date
1
: an act or instance of updating
2
: current information for updating something
3
: an up-to-date version, account, or report
Examples of update in a Sentence
Verb
I need to update my address book.
update all the population figures
She wants to update her wardrobe.
Noun
I haven't heard the latest weather update.
You can download updates for free.
Recent Examples on the Web
Quinlan Bentley, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
This story has been updated to include more information.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025
Walmart cited customer demand for more transparency as the reason for the update.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
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Verb
The Enquirer will update this story.
—Quinlan Bentley, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
This story has been updated to include more information.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
Rashmi Adaval, a marketing professor at the Lindner College of Business at UC, wrote in an update that many local items initially seemed to resist the pull of inflation at the start of the index, but most have finally risen in cost.
—Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025
Walmart cited customer demand for more transparency as the reason for the update.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Update.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/update. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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